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Today Microsoft has released Beta versions of it's Express productline, seems pretty cool for Individual developers to have a hands-on experience with Whidbey particularly. In MUGH (Microsoft User Group, Hyderabad), people are repeatedly asking for a chance to get on to Whidbey and here they should go...:-)

01. Visual Basic 2005 Express :- Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition enables you to create Windows Forms- and console-based applications as well as class libraries.

02. Visual C# 2005 Express :- Visual C# 2005 Express Edition enables you to create Windows Forms- and console-based applications as well as class libraries.

03. Visual Web Dev 2005 Express :- Visual Web Developer  2005 Express Edition is focused exclusively
on Web development with ASP.NET 2.0. Choose from Visual Basic, C#, or J# languages.

04. SQL Server 2005 Express :- SQL Server 2005 Express Edition complements the other Express products by providing database support that is both powerful and easy to use.

The coolest addon which comes with these products is “RSS Screen Saver “

RSS Screen Saver  :- The Visual C# Express Edition 2005 RSS screen saver is a fully customizable sample application and documentation that shows how you can create a screensaver that rotates through background images and displays content from an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed.